1929 Speedway Southern League

English motorcycle speedway league season November 2023 November 2023 Southern League 11 Champions Stamford Bridge Johnny Lloyd 1929 Dirt Track League 1930 The 1929 Southern League was the inaugural season of motorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams.Rogers Martin The Illustrated History of Speedway 1978 129 Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd 0-904584-45-3 There was also a Northern League called the 1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League that started during the same year.https://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/p/compet.html Historic league tables Speedway Archivehttps://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/history/leaguetables1929.php BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939) British Speedway 4 July 2021 The sport had been introduced to England in 1928 at High Beech Speedway.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19280220/001/0001 England's First Sight of Australia's Big Sport Daily Mirror 20 February 1928 British Newspaper Archive subscription 12 January 2025 Summary Stamford Bridge were crowned as the first champions,On the Speedway Coventry Evening Telegraph 23 September 1929 4 April 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000337/19290923/094/0006 British Newspaper Archive subscription just two points ahead of Southampton Saints.Storey, Basil (1948) The Story of Speedway, WDS, p. 5 Birmingham Hall Green withdrew after 7 meetings and their record was expunged.https://cybermotorcycle.com/archives/exeter-speedway/leagues-29.htm Speedway Teams UK 1929-1934 Cyber Motorcycle 4 July 2021 Final table Pos Team PL W D L Pts1 Stamford Bridge 20 17 0 3 342 Southampton Saints 20 16 0 4 323 Coventry 20 14 0 6 284 Crystal Palace Glaziers 20 11 0 9 225 Wembley Lions 20 11 0 9 226 West Ham Hammers 20 8 0 12 167 White City 20 8 0 12 168 Harringay Canaries 20 7 0 13 149 Birmingham (Perry Barr) 20 7 0 13 1410 Lea Bridge 20 6 0 14 1211 Wimbledon Dons 20 5 0 15 10 Withdrawal (Record expunged) : Birmingham Hall Green Fixtures & results main FBR grey BHG BPB COV CP HAR LB SOT SB WEM WH WC WIM B'ham Hall Green n/a n/a 23–18 n/a 30–12 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a B'ham Perry Barr n/a 24–38 26–16 26–17 34–29 17–25 19–44 30–33 35–28 30–33 37–26 Coventry 19–23 45–18 46–17 39–24 27–36 44–19 32–31 27–14 24–17 49–14 39–24 Crystal Palace 27–14 45–18 38–25 39–23 34–29 19–23 29–34 42–21 28–35 34–29 23–19 Harringay 15–27 25–35 28–35 37–25 27–15 37–26 27–36 24–38 30–33 29–34 42–21 Lea Bridge n/a 27–36 29–33 31–32 42–20 26–16 14–28 30–33 44–18 44–19 30–33 Southampton 18–24 22–19 34–29 39–24 42–21 47–16 33–30 43–20 44–19 48–15 45–18 Stamford Bridge n/a 50–13 44–19 45–18 53–10 33–9 39–24 33–9 45–17 43–20 53–10 Wembley n/a 42–21 37–26 23–40 30–33 41–21 22–40 16–26 29–12 39–24 48–15 West Ham 32–10 40–23 31–11 25–38 28–14 35–28 31–32 30–33 31–32 34–29 38–25 White City n/a 44–19 30–33 17–24 28–35 37–26 29–33 33–30 25–17 22–20 34–28 Wimbledon n/a 13–28 25–38 23–19 28–35 26–16 26–37 26–37 27–36 45–18 36–27 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1929fixtures.pdf Speedway Researcher 1929 fixtures & results 25 November 2024 Top Five Riders Team C.M.A. 1 Johnny Lloyd Hall Green 10.80 2 Jack Parker Coventry 10.76 3 Gus Kuhn Stamford Bridge 10.28 4 Jim Kempster Wimbledon Dons 10.00 5 Colin Watson White City 9.81 Riders and averages Birmingham Hall Green (withdrew) 22em Johnny Lloyd 10.80 George Povey 7.00 Cyril Taft 6.86 Bunny Wilcox 6.86 Cyril Locke 6.43 Tommy Cross 3.60 Bill Stanley 0.75 Birmingham (Perry Barr) 22em Wally Lloyd 7.20 Arthur Johnson 6.27 Norman Burton 5.00 Georg Britt 4.50 Les Patrick 4.20 Geoff Siddaway 4.20 Joe Dallison 3.50 Johnny Lloyd 3.00 Bill Ashcroft 3.00 Tim Reid 2.05 Coventry 22em Jack Parker 10.76 Wilmot Evans 7.16 Fred Wilkinson 7.15 Tom Farndon 6.73 Dilly Gittins 6.69 Arthur Tims 6.53 Norman Parker 6.35 Lew Lancaster 6.17 John Deeley 5.05 Cyril Lord 5.00 George Allbrook 4.83 Bill Stanley 4.22 Arthur Sanders 2.00 Crystal Palace 22em Triss Sharp 9.73 Wally Harris 7.50 Bryan Donkin 6.51 Joe Francis 4.98 Arthur Willmott 4.98 George Lovick 4.93 Jack Barrett 4.67 Harringay 22em Eric Spencer 9.64 Stan Spencer 6.55 Reg Pointer 6.28 Alf Medcalf 4.68 Lou Burger 4.43 Will Dennis 4.32 Ray Parsons 4.29 Leonard Dicky Bird 4.20 Bill Crouch 3.00 Bert Gerrish 0.67 Lea Bridge 22em Alf Foulds 8.12 Jimmy Stevens 7.70 Tommy Croombs 6.00 Stew Fairbairn 4.29 Harold Osment 4.20 Roy Dook 4.15 Frank Bond 4.11 Eric Parry 3.50 Alec Slow 3.14 Alf Merrell 3.00 Southampton 22em Eric Lister 8.90 Tommy Cullis 8.51 Clarrie Eldridge 8.15 Vic Collins 7.30 Col Stewart 6.30 Jimmy Hayes 6.71 Don Durant 5.50 Albert Wakerley 5.40 Jimmy Pink 5.33 Cecil Bounds 4.80 Ernie Rickman 4.25 Stamford Bridge 22em Gus Kuhn 10.28 Bert Bolt 8.48 Colin Ford 8.11 Wal Phillips 7.64 Dick Bellamy 7.50 Les Blakebrough 7.13 Arthur Warwick 7.00 Fred Ralph 6.88 Bill White 6.60 Nick Nicol 4.41 Bill Bragg 4.33 Wembley 22em Jack Ormston 8.25 Buster Frogley 8.17 Stan Catlett 7.76 Bert Fairweather 6.24 Len Reeve 5.79 Ron Hieatt 5.09 Jack Jackson 4.86 Vic Deale 3.43 Crawley Rous 3.00 Nobby Key 1.00 West Ham 22em John Williams 7.62 Tiger Stevenson 7.54 Don Durant 7.15 Den Taylor 5.75 Jack Adams 5.64 Reg Bounds 5.60 Bruce McCallum 5.50 Ivor Creek 4.80 Maurice Bradshaw 4.00 Bluey Wilkinson 3.60 Buzz Hibberd 3.18 Les Maguire 5.74 White City 22em Colin Watson 9.81 Harold Crook 6.65 Del Forster 6.22 Clem Cort 5.28 Hilary Buchanan 5.21 Larry Coffey 4.80 Fred Hore 4.36 Leonard Dicky Bird 3.29 Frank Ewen 3.09 Wimbledon 22em Jim Kempster 10.00 Mart Sieffert 7.83 Jimmy Stevens 6.75 Cecil Brown 6.20 Alf Sawford 5.71 Les Dearth 4.86 Dudley Cox 4.36 Alf Summersby 4.24 Jack Kidwell 4.11 Eddie Slade-Jones 3.46 Fred Osborne 3.00 Sid Chambers 2.45 Rube Sonny Wilson 1.62 See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions References Category:Speedway Southern League Category:1929 in British motorsport Category:1929 in speedway